My son Michael was treated by Dr. Trigonis in 2012. I have four main issues
with this treatment:

Dr. Trigonis enormously overstated his familiarity with jaw surgery.
Also, when he saw how concerned my wife and I were about the prospect of our son
having jaw surgery, he revised his initial opinion that "your son's condition
cannot be corrected without surgery", holding out the false hope that a
non-surgical treatment was possible. Ultimately, four other dental
experts—Dr. William Arnett (dental surgeon), Dr. George Lyman (pediatric
dentist and professor of dentistry), Dr. Robert Kiken (dental surgeon), and Dr.
Stewart White (orthodontist)—agreed that a combination of jaw surgery and
orthodontia (Dr. Trigonis' original recommendation) was the only good option.

Dr. Trigonis has admitted in writing to having violated our rights to
informed consent. He claims that he decided without our consent to take the
non-surgical route for treating our son. (I believe that this was actually a
false admission, in that he was attempting to cover up having incompetently
prepared my son for the surgery, but this is hard to prove). Either way, per
long-established legal precedent, Dr. Trigonis' actions constitute dental
malpractice.

When the jaw surgeon (Dr. William Arnett) informed me that my son's
orthodontic preparation was not correct, and that rework would be required to
address the problems, Dr. Trigonis demanded more money to fix his work. Given
the concerns about his honesty and competence, I decided to switch to another
practitioner (Dr. Stewart White). [Between Drs. White and Arnett, my son's
dental problems were efficiently and professional corrected.]

There is one additional issue that is worth mentioning: When I brought
Dr. Trigonis to small claims court, he falsified the dates of treatment.